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Influences

While we are working on our own resource to help people think through the whole idea of church, called the Naked Church, here are some things that we have found helpful as we wrestle with church, we don’t agree with everything that everyone has said, but they have been helpful for us to know the right questions to ask.

P. T. O’Brien, “The Church as a Heavenly and Eschatological Entity,” in Church in the Bible and the World (Exeter: Paternoster Press, 1987), 88-119. (In fact this is so good, you can download it, if there is only one thing you read this is it!!) PTOB on Church

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2 thoughts on “Influences”

Would you say putting together for MYC’s ‘To Believe, To Belong’ influenced a lot of your thoughts on the church Pete? Or did these readings influence how you put together the seminar?

I’ve been reflecting on what I’ve read and think that it was the seminars on the church you explored with us at UTS Kuring-gai’s Christian Students group, that I was able to more clearly grasp my views of what a church should and shouldn’t look like, according to the the teachings of the Bible.

I am looking forward to the freedom in Christ we have to make Soma relevant to our society and thank you for the opportunities you have encouraged us to seek in having conversations with friends and loved ones about their views of the church.

I would say that “To believe, to belong” was one stage of my thinking. I had read about half of these books by then but had formed a lot of my thinking from the BIble already. “The Naked Church” will be a more full explanation of doctrine of church (and probably available as an online book soon…watch this space)!!